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Acronyms
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AA Affirmative Action AASA American Association of School Administrators AASL American Association of School Librarians AC Academic Challenge ACCESS English Language Acquisition Proficiency Test ACE Alternative Cooperative Education ACM Administrative Coordination Meeting ACT American College Test ACTE Association for Career and Technical Educators ADA Americans with Disabilities Act ALC Affective Learning Center ALP Advanced Learning Plan AMAO Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives AOD Alcohol and Other Drugs AOSA Administrator on Special Assignment AP Accounts Payable AP Advanced Placement APE Adaptive Physical Education APT Administrative/Professional/Technical ASBO Association of School Business Officials International ASCENT Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment ASFA American Schools Foundation Alliance ASR Annual Student Registration ATLAS Active Transition Leading to Authentic Success (formerly Phoenix Center) AUP Acceptable Use Policy (Internet Use Agreement) AYP Adequate Yearly Progress 
back to topBIP Behavior Intervention Plan BOE Board of Education BP Business Plus (Formerly IFAS) BS Business Services BWE Business Work Experience back to topC-FIRS Colorado Federal Integrated Review System CAD Computer Aided Design CAPS Child Assault Protection Skills CAFR Comprehensive Annual Financial Report CAS Colorado Academic Standards CAS Common Assignment Study CASB Colorado Association of School Boards CASBO Colorado Association of School Business Officials CASPA Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators CASE Colorado Association of School Executives CAT Computer Adaptive Testing CBE Colorado Business Educators CBL Comprehensive Balanced Literacy CBLA Colorado Basic Literacy Act CBM Comprehensive Balanced Math CBOCES Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services CCCS Colorado Community College Systems CCLC Century Community Learning Center (21st) CCP Certified Competency Program CCR Communication and Community Resources CCSS Common Core State Standards CDE Colorado Department of Education CDL Commercial Driver’s License CDPS Colorado Department of Public Safety CE Concurrent Enrollment CEA Colorado Education Association CEBT Colorado Employer Benefit Trust CELL Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning CGFOA Colorado Government Finance Officers Association CHAMPS Champion High Achievement to Maximize Potential CHSAA Colorado High School Activities Association CIC Curriculum Improvement Council CIP Classification of Instruction Programs CIP Colorado Integration Project CLASS Classroom Assessment Scoring System CLF Colorado Literacy Foundation CMAS Colorado Measures of Academic Success CMEA Colorado Marketing Educators Association CMEA Colorado Music Educators Association COACT Colorado ACT (American College Test) CoALT Colorado Alternative Assessment COPMS Colorado State Performance Management System (RANDA) COSPRA Colorado School Public Relations Association CPI Crisis Prevention Institute CPM College Preparatory Mathematics CPP Colorado Preschool Program CPS Child Protective Services CRLT Cultural Responsiveness Leadership Team CRO Centralized Registration Office CRS Colorado Revised Statutes CRSC Colorado Rural School Caucus CRT Criterion Referenced Test CRT Culturally Responsive Teaching CSFA Colorado School Foundations Association CSI Committee for System Improvement CST Customer Service Technician CST Custodial Support Team CT Critical Thinking CTE Career and Technical Education CTSO Career and Technical Student Organization CFWE Consumer/Family Work Education back to topDAC District Accountability Committee DAC District Assessment Coordinator DALC Data Acquisition Learning Community DECA “A marketing association for students” (previous acronym is obsolete) DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills DIRT District Intervention Response Team DLM Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment DMI Developing Mathematical Ideas DMS District Media Services DORA Diagnostic Online Reading AssessmentDOT Department of TransportationDRA2 Developing Reading Assessment Second Edition DUIP District Unified Improvement Plan back to topE3 Explore, Engage, ExpandEARSS Expelled & At-Risk Student Services EC Early Childhood ECERS Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale EDAC Equity and Diversity Advisory Council EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EIS Early Intervening Services EL English Learner ELA English Language Acquisition ELA English Language Arts ELD English Language Development ELPA English Language Proficiency Act EPAS Educational Planning and Assessment System ES Elementary School ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ESS Exceptional Student Services ESSAC Exceptional Student Services Advisory Committee ESY Extended School Year ETIL Educational Technology and Information Literacy ETOC Educational Television Organization of Colorado ExLL Extended Literacy Learning EXPLORE Career Interest Achievement Test back to topFACS Family and Consumer Sciences FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education FAPT Family Assessment and Planning Team FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment FBLA Future Business Leaders of America FCCLA Family, Career and Community Leaders of America F/CE Family/Community Engagement FFBP Flexible Fringe Benefit Plan FEP Fluent English Proficient FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act FARM Free and Reduced Meals FRCC Front Range Community College FS Financial Services FSP Family Service Provider (EC) FTE Full Time Equivalent back to topGAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Practices GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board GED Graduate Equivalency Diploma GEMS Gender Equity in Math and Science GFOA Government Finance Officers Association GPA Grade Point Average GT Gifted and Talented GTAC Gifted and Talented Advisory Council back to topHB House Bill HCC Healthier Communities Coalition HI Hearing Impaired HKS Help Kids Succeed HLLI Hispanic Latino Leadership Institute HOPE Healthy Opportunities for Personal Education HR Human Resources HS High School HS Head Start HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning back to topIB International Baccalaureate IC Infinite Campus IC Instructional Coach ICAP Individual Career and Academic Plan ID Intellectual Disability IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEIA Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act IEP Individualized Education Plan IGA Intergovernmental Agreement ILC Intensive Learning Center ILP Individual Literacy Plan (State acronym) IRC Information Review Conference ISP Internet Service Provider ISTE International Society for Technology in Education ITS Innovative Technology Services ITS Industrial Technology back to topJIC Joint Insurance Committee JSPC Juvenile Services Planning Committee back to topLAN Local Area Network LC Learning Center LCETS Larimer County Employment and Training Services LCIOG Larimer County Interagency Oversight Group LCS Loveland Classical Schools LDC Literacy Design Collaborative LDE Linguistically Diverse Education LEA Local Educational Agency LEAP Loveland/Berthoud Enrichment Access Program LEP Limited English Proficient LINKS TVHS Business to Classroom Plan LISA Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts LMS Learning Management System LPEP Literacy Personalized Education Plan LRE Least Restrictive Environment LS Learning Services LTD Long Term Disability LUC Latinos Unified in Community back to topMAP Measures of Academic Progress MDC Math Design Collaborative MESA Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement MHSA Mental Health Substance Abuse Steering Committee MOU Memorandum of Understanding MMO Making Meaning of Operations (Part of DMI) MPC Master Plan Committee MS Middle School MVR Motor Vehicle Record MWE Marketing Work Experience MYP Middle Years Programme (IB) back to topNAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEYC National Association for the Education of the Young Child NCASPA Northern Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators NCE Normal Curve Equivalence NCLA Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance NCLB No Child Left Behind NETS National Educational Technology Standards NGSS Next Generation Science Standards NS Nutrition Services NSBA National School Board Association NSFA National School Foundation Association NSPRA National School Public Relations Association NVCS New Vision Charter School NWEA Northwest Evaluation Association back to topOCR-U.S. Office of Civil Rights OLR Online Registration OT Occupational Therapy back to topPARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers PBA Performance-Based Assessment PBiS Positive Behavior and Intervention Support PBL Project Based Learning PCC Professional Concerns Committee PEBC Public Education and Business Coalition PD Professional Development PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Adjust PERA Public Employees Retirement Association PILO Payments In-Lieu of (Land Dedication) PIO Public Information Officer PIP Performance Improvement Plan PLAN Career Assessment and Achievement Test PLC Professional Learning Communities PLD Professional Learning Day PLL Professional Leadership and Learning PLtW Project Lead the Way PM Preventive Maintenance PMC Performance Management Committee PMI Performance Management Incentive PPO Preferred Provider Organization PPOR Per Pupil Operating Revenue PR Payroll PRT Psychological Response Team PT Physical Therapy PTA Parent/Teacher Association PTF Pandemic Task Force PTO Parent/Teacher Organization PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio PYP Primary Years Programme (IB) back to topRCD Rigorous Curriculum Design READ Reading to Ensure Academic Development RIF Reduction in Force RIT Rasch Unit RFP Request for Proposal RtI Response to Intervention back to topSAC School Assessment Coordinator SAC Site Advisory Committee SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SB Senate Bill SBE Standards Based Education SDP Strategic Data Project SEA State Educational Agency SED Serious Emotional Disability SH/OA School Health/Office Assistant SIA Student Information and Assessment SIID Sensory Integration Impairment Department SIOP Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol SIPPS Systematic Instruction in Phoneme Awareness, Phonics and Sight SIS Student Information Systems Skills USA CTSO for Industrial Tech Students S/L Speech/Language SLBDS Sick Leave Bank Donation SLD Specific Learning Disability SLIRP Summer Literacy Intensive Reading Program SLO Student Learning Outcomes SLP Speech Language Pathologist SO Superintendent’s Office SOARS Secondary Options for Achievement Resulting in Success SRD Significant Reading Deficiency SRO School Resource Officer SRS Severity Rating Scale SSC Support Services Center SSIS Social Skills Improvement Systems SSS Student Support Services SST Student Success Team STAC Select Technical Advisory Committee STEM Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics STEPPS Supporting Twice Exceptional Professionals, Parents and Students SUIP School Unified Improvement Plan SWAAAC State Wide Assistive, Augmentative/Alternative Communication SWAP School to Work Alliance Program SWIS School Wide Information System back to topTANS Tax Anticipation Notes TBI Traumatic Brain Injury TC Transportation Center TCAP Transitional Colorado Assessment Program TCIRA Thompson Council International Reading Association TCSC Thompson Classified Staff Council TEA Thompson Education Association TEF Thompson Education Foundation TEN Teacher Educator Network TIC Thompson Incentive Credit TIF Tax Increment Financing TLT Thompson Leadership Team TOL Thompson Online TOSA Teacher on Special Assignment TPP Teen Parent Program TSA Technology Student Association TSD Thompson School District TSDL Teacher-Student Data Link TST Thompson Schools Television back to topUbD Understanding by Design USDE United States Department of Education back to topVALE Victim Assistance Law Enforcement VAT Vinyl Asbestos Tile (Flooring) VI Visually Impaired VITAL Volunteers In Thompson Assisting Learners back to topWAN Wide Area Network WC Workers’ Compensation Wida APT English Language Acquisition Placement Test WO Work Order
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